Canonical Classics ← 第四十五回
第四十五回
三sān清qīng觀guàn大dà聖shèng留liú名míng
車chē遲chí國guó猴hóu王wáng顯xiǎn法fǎ

At the Abbey of the Three Pure Ones the Great Sage leaves his name; in the Kingdom of Cart-Slow the Monkey King displays his magic.

二指三指
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二指三指 Second and Third

「棍gùn子zi第dì二èr指zhǐ,就jiù要yào佈bù雲yún。」那nà推tuī雲yún童tóng子zǐ、佈bù霧wù郎láng君jūn道dào:「就jiù佈bù雲yún,就jiù佈bù雲yún。」「棍gùn子zi第dì三sān指zhǐ,就jiù要yào雷léi鳴míng電diàn灼zhuó。」那nà雷léi公gōng、電diàn母mǔ道dào:「奉fèng承chéng,奉fèng承chéng。」「棍gùn子zi第dì二èr指zhǐ,就jiù要yào布bù云yún。」那nà推tuī云yún童tóng子zǐ、布bù雾wù郎láng君jūn道dào:「就jiù布bù云yún,就jiù布bù云yún。」「棍gùn子zi第dì三sān指zhǐ,就jiù要yào雷léi鸣míng电diàn灼zhuó。」那nà雷léi公gōng、电diàn母mǔ道dào:「奉fèng承chéng,奉fèng承chéng。」


逐句解 Line by line

「棍gùn子zi第dì二èr指zhǐ,就jiù要yào佈bù雲yún。」 「棍gùn子zi第dì二èr指zhǐ,就jiù要yào布bù云yún。」

“At the cudgel's second point, then the cloud must spread.”

第二指 "the second pointing." 棍子: 子 = zi. 佈雲 "to spread cloud."

那nà推tuī雲yún童tóng子zǐ、佈bù霧wù郎láng君jūn道dào:「就jiù佈bù雲yún,就jiù佈bù雲yún。」 那nà推tuī云yún童tóng子zǐ、布bù雾wù郎láng君jūn道dào:「就jiù布bù云yún,就jiù布bù云yún。」

The Cloud-Pushing Lad and the Mist-Spreading Lord said, “We'll spread cloud, we'll spread cloud.”

那推雲童子: 那 = nà; 童子: 子 = zǐ, a boy attendant. They say it twice, which is how everyone answers him tonight.

「棍gùn子zi第dì三sān指zhǐ,就jiù要yào雷léi鳴míng電diàn灼zhuó。」 「棍gùn子zi第dì三sān指zhǐ,就jiù要yào雷léi鸣míng电diàn灼zhuó。」

“At the cudgel's third point, then the thunder must peal and the lightning flash.”

棍子: 子 = zi. 雷鳴電灼 "thunder peals, lightning flashes."

那nà雷léi公gōng、電diàn母mǔ道dào:「奉fèng承chéng,奉fèng承chéng。」 那nà雷léi公gōng、电diàn母mǔ道dào:「奉fèng承chéng,奉fèng承chéng。」

The Thunder Lord and the Lightning Mother said, “At your service, at your service.”

那雷公: 那 = nà. 奉承 (fèng chéng) "at your bidding, we comply" -- the word later drifts toward flattery, and there is already a little of that in it here.


總評 Commentary

The drill goes on in tidy parallel: second point, cloud; third point, thunder and lightning. Each instruction is answered twice over by deities falling over themselves to agree.

The numbering is doing deliberate work. 第二指, 第三指 -- Wukong is rebuilding the immortal's own five-signal code, item for item, with a stick where the tablet was. He is not inventing a rival system; he has taken this one over.